HackingOtherStolen CredentialsTargetedIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsLowContained

National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Feb 13, 2020

Filed

Apr 6, 2020

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

77state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence →

ASE notified NH AG of a data event where malicious code on its checkout page captured payment card info (name, address, card number, CVV) for transactions between Dec 18, 2019 and Feb 13, 2020. 77 NH residents affected. Investigation confirmed on Feb 13, 2020. Code removed, notices sent March 31, 2020.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 57 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 53 days

Dec 18, 2019

Begins

Feb 13, 2020

Discovered

Apr 6, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

on median

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_b43f14487d5ad5992020-03-31 · +6dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_cc0d412a61f8a7ed2020-03-31 · +6dVerified
Montana State AGbd_edf241d1728c0ca22020-03-31 · +6dCandidate

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence
norm: national institute for automotive service excellence
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Feb 13, 2020
Breach occurred: Dec 18, 2019 – Feb 13, 2020
Undetected for: 57 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 31, 2020
Affected individuals: 77state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1056 Input Capture
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Worked with an outside forensics expert to investigate
Removed the malicious code
Began providing written notice of this incident to individuals
Changes made: Review existing policies and procedures
Taking additional steps to further secure the website
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(53 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

California State AGMar 31 · first

Massachusetts State AGMar 31 · first

Montana State AGMar 31 · first

New Hampshire State AG+6d · this page

Pattern: first filing Mar 31 (CA), last Apr 6 (NH) — a 6-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/national-institute-automotive-service-excellence-20200406.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 6, 2020
Raw hash: d5e6f642c8c428497bee60a24a821eaac96aa37d1a198d80c2ddb8a24653248d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityNational Institute for Automotive Service Excellence

Incidentdiscovered Feb 13, 2020

Stated responseWorked with an outside forensics expert to investigate

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov